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Third printing, and first paperback printing, 2011
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-691-15016-1

The Library of Congress has cataloged the cloth edition of this book as follows Perrow, Charles.
The next catastrophe : reducing our vulnerabilities to natural, industrial, and terrorist disasters / Charles Perrow.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12997-6 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-691-12997-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Emergency management—United States. 2. Disasters—Government policy— United States. 3. Risk management—United States. 4. Hazard mitigation—United States. 5. Terrorism—United States—Prevention. 6. Infrastructure (Economics)— Security measures—United States. I. Title
HV551.3.P45 2006
363.34'7—dc22 2006037984

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